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Who is responsible for Susan Boyle? 9:20pm on 01 Jun 2009 yes, Ramsaym1, guess who's paying the media to feature Susan Boyle on every tabloid, newspaper or media Blog? Did you ever hear about PR companies? Do you honestly think that the media decide what to publish when it comes to entertainment?
The goal of reality TV shows is to make entertainment that sells, that is their only goal, no matter at what cost. Of course they exploit people for this when they can. And yes, contestants are fools if they apply without being aware of this.
Susan's case is a little different though, because Susan has a learning difficulty. Somebody with learning difficulties is not automatically aware of the potential risks of being in a reality TV show, simply by definition. The responsibility is not in the hands of the producers as far as there's no law to regulate these issues.
The responsibility lies within the public who is in fact responding in such an immature and superficial manner to quick fame and cinderella stories. Just go on youtube and look at the comments below Britain's got talent videos. most of them read like:"Susan should win because she is such a nice person" or "Susan shouldn't win, she looks like fat hippo" or (about the young kid in Diversity) "look at that gay boy, he is so gay!". Not many comments about talent really, just about what the contestants portrait with their image and story. This is the superficial world we live in and this is the kind of audience that reality TV shows strive to target and entertain, to make money.

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